Yue Guan, having Cultivated from a commoner Soul Master to his current position, was naturally no fool.
In this brief exchange of questions and answers, he realized that Qian Xunji must hold the clues to the very thing he had always desired.
Despite his Spirit being the Immortal Herb, the Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum…
If he couldn’t find the corresponding Immortal Grade herb to consume, his spirit power would ultimately be locked at Rank 95.
Facing Yue Guan’s fervent gaze, Qian Xunji nodded in confirmation.
“I do indeed possess information regarding Immortal Herbs.” “If your performance satisfies me in the coming days, the Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum within shall be yours.” When a leader paints a grand vision for you, every single word needs to be analyzed frame by frame.
There is a great deal of nuance in how to satisfy one’s leader.
Clearly, Yue Guan got Qian Xunji’s drift.
Without a second word, he knelt before Qian Xunji and swore a Spirit Oath of loyalty.
Seeing how sensible the other party was, Qian Xunji’s face immediately broke into a hypocritical smile, the corners of his mouth curling up uncontrollably.
“Oh my, Bishop Yue Guan, why go to such lengths?
Why go to such lengths!” Yue Guan almost laughed out of exasperation; how had he never noticed before that the Saint of their Spirit Hall was actually…
So flexible with his moral bottom line?
Qian Xunji put on an air of being courteous to the wise and helped Yue Guan up.
“Bishop Yue Guan, as your partner who can form a Martial Soul Fusion Technique with you, Bishop Gui Mei shouldn’t be forgotten when such a great opportunity for progress arises.” That group of old shut-ins in the Enshrinement Hall all shared a certain arrogance typical of top-tier experts.
However, in his future plans, he would more or less need to use some less-than-savory methods.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei were naturally the most suitable for such tasks.
Seeing Qian Xunji mention his close friend, Yue Guan thought for only a moment before agreeing.
By declaring loyalty early, his and Gui Mei’s status would naturally rise when Qian Xunji became the Supreme Pontiff in the future.
“Your Highness the Saint’s words make sense.
I will speak with Old Ghost in a moment.” “Good, I will wait for you both here.” About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Yue Guan led Gui Mei into the Holy Son Palace.
Everything went as he had discussed with Yue Guan; Gui Mei directly declared his loyalty to him.
“In that case, let us set out.
Our destination is the Sunset Forest.” …
A few days later, the three of them reached the outskirts of the Sunset Forest.
“That treasure land is protected by the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison produced by the Jade Phosphor Seven Absolutes Flowers.
You two need to be very careful.” Qian Xunji spoke up to remind them.
In this era, Dugu Bo likely hadn’t discovered that place yet, so that Medusa Snake was most probably still entrenched within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Killing it and taking the skull it dropped to reward his subordinates would be a good choice.
As for what would happen if the future Dugu Bo couldn’t find a suitable eighth spirit ring and ended up dying from his own poison?
Qian Xunji felt that it was none of his business.
Since he was capable of poisoning an entire city in the original story, then dying from the backlash of his own toxins in this life would simply be his fate.
The three of them continuously overextended their mental force to scan the Sunset Forest.
As the second-largest Spirit Beast forest in the Heaven Dou Empire, finding a specific location quickly was naturally no easy feat.
However, the only good news was that in the original story, Gangzi and Flender’s group were able to find the outskirts of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which meant this treasure land wasn’t too far from Heaven Dou City.
Using Grandmaster Yu’s Rank 29 walking speed as a reference, they finally found an area shrouded in Jade Phosphor Snake Poison on the third day.
“Your Highness the Saint, it seems this is the place.” As Yue Guan spoke, he took out several specially made Detoxification Pills from his storage spirit tool.
After the three of them ingested them, the two of them, acting as his vanguard, naturally cleared the way for Qian Xunji.
Passing through the poison array, a valley suddenly appeared before their eyes.
The valley wasn’t large, but it was a world of its own.
The valley was full of bizarre plants, stretching their forms wantonly in a dazzling display that defied counting.
Most of the flowers and herbs shimmered with a brilliant, dreamlike luminescence.
The lake in the center of the valley was the most eye-catching.
Half of the lake’s surface was milky white like fat, while the other half was vermilion like blood.
They merged like a Taiji pattern yet remained distinctly bounded, though not quite in the standard shape of Yin and Yang fish.
At the junction of the two-colored waters was a spring eye where the two colors converged and churned incessantly.
Even more peculiar was that in the milky white and vermilion spring waters, a strange plant grew in each.
One was icy blue all over, with octagonal leaves spreading outward, emitting a piercing cold Qi.
The other was fiery red, intense and flamboyant, echoing the icy blue plant to form a wondrous landscape.
Seeing the Immortal Herbs before him, Yue Guan nearly fell into a state of frenzy.
For a flower lover like him, he would be willing to die here right now.
“Watch out!” Gui Mei spoke up to warn him.
As an agility-attack system Spirit Douluo, observing every movement in the surroundings at all times was his required course.
Hearing his close friend’s warning, Yue Guan narrowly avoided the strike from the Medusa Snake that had been entrenched there.
But seeing that beast destroy many precious Spiritual Plants upon landing, Yue Guan was instantly enraged.
“Old Ghost—” The latter immediately understood Yue Guan’s meaning.
His Ghost Shadow Spirit manifested behind him, and eight spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and four black—floated beneath his feet.
Qian Xunji, who had been coasting on the side, also possessed his Spirit.
The Immortal Herbs here were of great use to him.
He naturally didn’t want too many of them destroyed by that beast.
“Unipolar Static Domain!” Yue Guan and Gui Mei opened with a killing move.
Gold and silver spirit power continuously fused in the air.
They stood facing each other, hands clasped.
The sixteen spirit rings circling their bodies instantly condensed into a massive gold and silver spirit ring, which quietly flew out and froze the Medusa Snake in place.
At this moment, a golden Angelic Sacred Sword also condensed in Qian Xunji’s hand.
It was precisely his fifth Spirit Ability—Holy Sword.
Sacred spirit power condensed at the tip of the sword.
Qian Xunji flew forward, stabbing directly toward the Medusa Snake’s eye.
With a pained whimper, the roughly 40,000-year-old Medusa Snake lay motionless on the ground.
A pitch-black spirit ring emerged from its corpse.
Qian Xunji raised his hand to disperse the spirit ring and began rummaging through the Medusa Snake’s head.
With a ‘rip’ sound, a crystal-clear skull Spirit Bone appeared in his hand.